Fan attachment for rocking-chairs.



J. KRIZEK.

FAN ATTACHMENT FOR ROCKING CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED 0m. 24, 1914.

1,281,795. Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

JOSEPH KBIZE K, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FAN ATTACHMENT FOR ROCKING-CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Application filed October 24, 1914. Serial No. 868,525.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH KRIZEK, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fan Attachments for Rocking-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fan attachments for rocking-chairs and cradles in which the fan is automatically vibrated by the rocking motion of the chair or cradle.

One of the objects of my invention is the production of a simple and efficient fan attachment which can be readily attached to a rocking-chair or the like and which can be manufactured at a small cost.

To these and other purposes my invention consists in the novel construction, combination and relative position of parts set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, and more particularly brought out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my fan attachment. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the fan attachment taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing a rockingchair equipped with said attachment. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail showing the fan support. Fig. 4 is an enlarged illustration showing one of the means for adjusting the attachment, and Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate, respectively, front and side views of the means for locking the fan against vibrating movement.

The fan 1 is pivotally mounted on a shaft 2 which is provided with ends 2 of smaller diameter which afiord shoulders 2 which bear against the washers 3, thereby limiting the distance between the side supporting members 4 and permitting clearances 5 between the fan 1 and the member 4.

The vertical side members 4 are rigidly connected at their lower ends by a horizontal member 7, and pivotally mounted substantially intermediate the ends of the said members 4 and also connecting them is a square member 8 having ends 8* of a construction similar to 2*.

Rigidly connected with angles 9 to the center of the pivoted member 8, is a slotted member 10 provided with the slot 10 to allow for vertical adjustment with the rocking-chair member 11 (shown in Fig. 2). A pair of bolts 12 are provided for securing the member 10.

Additional means of adjustment about the pivotal member 8 are provided by a pair of bolts 13 and 14 having a pivotal connection 15. The bolt 14 is threaded nearly the entire length and two nuts 16 and 17 are furnished for regulating and locking same, and with this feature of adjustment the fan 1 can be better balanced by varying the angle X.

To look the fan against vibrating move ment I provide the lock member 18 having a slot 18 to cooperate with athumb screw 19 for vertical movement. When in raised position as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6, the U-shaped portion 18", projecting from the side of 18, embraces the fan 1 and prevents the swaying of same about the shaft 2.

From the drawings and description it is obvious that a rocking motion of the chair will impart a forward and backward vibrating movement to the fan, illustrated by Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention:

1. A fan attachment for rocking-chairs comprising in combination, a pivotally-suspended fan; a fan shaft; a frame comprising a pair of side members 4 having upper ends connected by said fan shaft, ahorizontal member 7 rigidly connecting said side members 4, a horizontal pivoted member 8, a slotted member 10 perpendicularly and rigidly connected to said horizontal member 8; and means for attaching said slotted member 10 to a rocking-chair.

2. A fan attachment for rocking-chairs comprising in combination, a pivotally and freely suspended fan; a frame for said fan comprising a pair of substantially vertical side members 4, means for pivotally retaining said fan between said members 4, a horizontal member 7 rigidly connecting the lower ends of the members 4, a horizontal pivoted member 8 connecting said members 4 intermediate their ends, and a slotted member 10 perpendicularly and rigidly connesses, this 15th day of September, A. D. nected with said member-8; adjustable means 1914.

for balancing said fan, and means for at- JOSEPH KRIZEK. taching said frame to a rocking-chair. Witnesses:

5 In Witness whereof I have hereunto sub- FRANK J. SCHRADER, Jr.,

scribed my name, in the presence of two wit- ARTHUR P. STARR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

